No surprise here. The Masters is pretty tight-vested event. Tiger will get protection there from rowdy fans, tabloids, embarrassing questions, etc. It'll be a love fest. This is the one place where he can come back and feel most at ease.

I think if it was any of the other four majors he might have skipped it...

I hope some journalist really goes after him, but that's tougher to do at Augusta than just about anywhere else. He also probably knows that if there is a tournament that won't credential TMZ and Radar Online, it's The Masters.